In the Name of Salvation (Part 5, Two-in-One)

"Pass?"

"Pot, my lord, pot."

"Pott?"

With an awkward and frightened smile, Kale shrank back as he reached out and touched his cast-iron pot. Pointing at it, he said, "Pot, my lord. Your pronunciation is slightly off."

Angron nodded at him. The Glyph Array's built-in analytical function was rapidly parsing the language this commoner used and pouring it directly into his brain. In just seven short minutes, he could already understand what this frightened commoner was saying.

At most, his pronunciation was a little strange.

"I am no scholar, Kale," Angron said slowly, sitting cross-legged with his arms folded across his chest. "It is only natural that my pronunciation is inaccurate. Then, continue. That loathsome xenos I just killed was called a Tree Knight?"

"Y-yes, my lord."

Kale licked his dry lips. He was already very thirsty, but Kale had not noticed that. Licking his lips was nothing more than an unconscious action—for now, all his energy was focused on something else.

With every ounce of focus he had, Kale was working hard to keep his pace even and his words clear.

"They are also called Tree Sentinels. But no one mentions that anymore. People mostly call them knights now, and there are few of them. I have wandered for more than ten years, and I have not seen many Tree Knights. They all ride horses and wear heavy armor. It is said that they all possess an extremely strong blessing of the Erdtree."

"Mm."

With a disdainful nasal sound, Angron slowly closed his eyes. The so-called blessing of the Erdtree made his blood boil. The reason he closed his eyes was that he did not want the fury in them to frighten this poor commoner.

In truth, Angron knew that the fact he could sit here and speak with